“The Indian government is being criticised alongside IndiGo’s management for allowing this to happen,” writes Aarti Betigeri in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/indians-fly-duopolistic-skies

“Reading Middlemarch is an exercise in a kind of awareness of effects to the tenth order,” writes David Vallance in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/most-influential-book-i-read-year

“PNG’s fiftieth year of independence is the perfect moment to demand not just a voice but a platform to deliver the change taxpayers are already funding,” writes Oliver Nobetau in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/paying-it-forward-png-s-taxpayers-need-voice

“There is a temptation to frame these developments as indicators of an imminent AI revolution in India. That would be premature,” writes Ramita Iyer in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/india-emerges-data-centre-hub

“PRI could act as an important handbrake on accelerating economic fragmentation,” writes Matthew Newman in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/new-era-political-risk-insurance

“ Will Washington treat its alliance commitments the same way as its trade deals?,” writes Nick Bisley in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/time-us-plus-one

“Ultimately, rhetorical mobilisation cannot substitute for tangible policy outcomes,” writes in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/japan-korea-relations-sanae-s-puzzling-provocation

“This predisposition of many politicians to not challenge existing dogma has occurred throughout history,” writes Mick Ryan in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/element-surprise-bondi-australian-conceptzia

“Australian security discourse is dominated by opaque jargon, dense acronyms, and esoteric language,” writes Molly Jinks in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/what-student-security-studies-thinks-australia-s-national-strategy

“Strategic ambiguity buys flexibility, but its margin for error is shrinking as China’s capabilities grow,” writes Henry Yep in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/when-slogans-soundbites-stand-strategy

“The Overton window on US policy towards China is expanding. The bad news is that one can all too easily imagine how it could close,” writes Ali Wyne in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/washington-s-china-consensus-breaking

“For observers of the Chinese military, 2025 has been a year like no other. ” Read Sam Roggeveen in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/red-banner-year-pla

“Lowy Institute staff nominate the most notable books, trends, ideas, and people of 2025” Read April Druery in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/2025-review-insta-influencers-murder-trials-divisive-politics

“The inertia of well-established production channels and the overwhelming economies of integration mean that deglobalisation, friend-shoring, and fragmentation…” Read Stephen Grenville in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/two-new-books-future-globalisation

“Both India and China have been building up infrastructure in these areas, and both regularly accuse each other of overstepping the border,” writes Victoria Jones in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/china-s-dispute-india-over-arunachal-pradesh

“Finding meaning for Australia in a despicable act of terrorism” Read Michael Fullilove in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/hope-redemption-bondi-beach

“By cultivating a more resilient and formalised economy, India seeks to enhance its strategic autonomy and attractiveness…” Read Pratyush Paras Sarma in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/india-s-economic-reforms-domestic-resilience-reshape-global-standing

“The Communist Party has set a bold target of at least 10% annual growth over the next five years, a pace few emerging economies can match,” writes Alexandre Dayant in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/vietnam-s-second-doi-moi-growth-bottlenecks-role-australia

“With growing Chinese hostility, Indian meekness is beginning to give way to assertive expressions and policies that display…” Read Shanthie Mariet D’Souza in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/leveraging-taiwan-india-s-strategic-counterbalance-china

“ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess' words at the Lowy Lecture in November now carry new significance” Read Sam Roggeveen in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/meeting-challenge-violent-extremism

“There is a clear need to invest more in the prevention of extremism and violence. ” Read Lydia Khalil in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/what-we-know-about-bondi-attack

“India’s incremental steps in its export-oriented defence industry have punctured history,” writes Ved Shinde in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/arms-influence-southeast-asia-s-missile-powerplay-india

“If social democrats wish to preserve the most vital strand – democracy – they will need to think seriously about how to repair it and readjust the other two strands to find a new settlement,” writes Elliot Stein in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/observers-collapse

“For now, the conventional military balance is still in Seoul’s favour, but North Korea has signaled that it will double down on the conventional…” Read Khang Vu in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-north-korea-modernising-its-conventional-arsenal

“A new repair ship can cost more than US$100 million and take several years to deliver. For investors, that is a risk if future demand remains opaque,” writes Jocelinn Kang in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/australia-all-sea-submarine-cable-risks

“The PIF is a consensus-driven body that must continually justify its relevance to members who often see more advantage in bilateral deals…” Read Hansley Gumbaketi in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/pacific-islands-friends-all-no-longer-pragmatic

“This tactic is also growing in power in well-established democracies,” write William Partlett and Alasdair McCallum in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/constitutional-dark-arts-spreading-russia-world

“Noumea’s vote on the next step towards greater autonomy under the Accord reveals that divisions are deepening” Read Denise Fisher in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/support-bougival-accord-waning-new-caledonia

“When this century dawned, China believed it had huge amounts of ground to cover to modernise its military forces. It spent the first decade of the…” Read David Vallance in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/solving-puzzle-china-s-defence-spending

“It is an open secret that Moscow relies on Beijing not only economically but also militarily,” writes Nikola Mikovic in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-ukraine-war-works-china-s-favour

“In an era when global narratives are often shaped by Western outlets, the idea of a network that…” Read Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat and Yeta Purnama in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/china-s-new-media-platform-telling-stories-shaping-narratives

“When the mission ended in 2017, there was a sense that, if not fully accomplished, RAMSI had done all it could,” writes Gordon Peake in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/postcard-solomon-islands-legacy-ramsi

“The IMF must calibrate its approach to what is realistically implementable without provoking a backlash. Finding the right balance is tricky,” write Alexandre Dayant and Maholopa Laveil in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/imf-s-balancing-act-papua-new-guinea

“ The question for Jakarta isn’t whether it can keep talking to all sides – it can – but whether it can still say no when doing so carries real penalties,” writes Aniello Iannone in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/china-raises-cost-indonesia-s-neutrality

“Fear of making mistakes and an urge to exert tight control, either by Canberra or a ministerial office, have made DFAT more risk-averse,” writes Lachlan Strahan in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/department-foreign-affairs-trade-then-now-future

“Thanks to a porous border coupled with independent Bangladesh’s tumultuous political history, India has continued to witness a steady trickle of Bangladeshi…” Read Abhijnan Rej in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/divided-india-revises-voter-rolls

“Timor-Leste’s story also speaks to values and converges with India’s geoeconomic ambitions,” writes Sanchari Ghosh in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/india-s-chance-timor-leste-shift-asean-s-gaze

“Lowy Institute staff nominate the most notable books, trends, ideas, and people of 2025. ” Read Sam Roggeveen in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/2025-review-trump-substack-europe-fertility

“While the IMF has welcomed the objective of strengthening social protection, it has warned that the initiative, in its current form, could…” Read Monique Taylor in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/marshall-islands-experiment-universal-basic-income

“The true scale of the devastation reveals years of institutional neglect,” writes Hilman Palaon in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/sumatra-floods-indonesia-stuck-cycle-crisis-management

“Frontline workers – from police and healthcare providers to humanitarian teams – need training to identify warning signs…” Read Helen Stenger and Phyu Phyu Oo in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/cyclones-coups-crises-drive-violence-against-women

“There is no common ASEAN strategy for dealing with the major powers,” writes Richard Javad Heydarian in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/head-sand-way-asean-ostrich

“Rather than compete on aid volumes, Australia could leverage remote logistics expertise as quality partner for major projects” Read Christopher Burke in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/landlocked-africa-open-opportunity-australia

“Given the scale of Chinese manufacturing capacity and industrial policy, the developmental model involving export-led growth…” Read Srijan Shukla in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/fighting-china-s-subsidies-means-copying-china-s-economic-model

“The American strategy with Greenland is to ‘fuel Greenlandic frustrations with Denmark and test the limits of unity’, according to Danish media reports,” writes Lisa Martin in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/trump-cast-shadow-over-coming-greenland-talks

“In a world sought to be dominated by Donald Trump, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, both Germany and Japan have felt compelled to recalibrate…” Read R. N. Prasher in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/has-second-world-war-finally-ended-germany-japan

“Delays act like a ‘development tax’, pushing up borrowing costs and narrowing the pipeline of viable projects,” writes Natalia Beghin in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/markets-have-money-developing-countries-need-projects-what-s-stopping-them

“The question is not whether countries are ‘ready’ to graduate, but whether the global system is…” Read Meloney C. Lindberg, Diya Nag and Pechet Men in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/what-happens-when-cambodia-graduates-aid-isn-t-self-sustaining

“Many small frictions add up to a larger signal about whether government can deliver what it describes,” writes Charles Crabtree in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/japan-s-analog-bureaucracy-holds-back-digital-economy

“Vanity in an adviser can slide into flamboyance and arrogance; Dominic Cummings in London and Henry Kissinger in Washington remain cautionary tales,” writes Mark Pierce in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/survival-guide-advisers-powerful